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Ardor
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Author : Roberto Calasso
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-11-18
Ardor written by Roberto Calasso and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with Social Science categories.
In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: they left behind almost no objects, images, ruins. They created no empires. Even the hallucinogenic plant, the soma, which appears at the centre of some of their rituals, has not been identified with any certainty. Only a 'Parthenon of words' remains: verses and formulations suggesting a daring understanding of life. 'If the Vedic people had been asked why they did not build cities,' writes Calasso, 'they could have replied: we did not seek power, but rapture.' This is the ardor of the Vedic world, a burning intensity that is always present, both in the mind and in the cosmos. With his signature erudition and profound sense of the past, Calasso explores the enigmatic web of ritual and myth that define the Vedas. Often at odds with modern thought, he shows how these texts illuminate the nature of consciousness more than neuroscientists have been able to offer us up to now. Following the 'hundred paths' of the Satapatha Brahmana, an impressive exegesis of Vedic ritual, Ardor indicates that it may be possible to reach what is closest by passing through that which is most remote, as 'the whole of Vedic India was an attempt to think further'.
Art And Ardor
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Author : Cynthia Ozick
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2017-10-05
Art And Ardor written by Cynthia Ozick and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Art & Ardor was the first of Cynthia Ozick's collections of her non-fiction pieces, and covers the longest span (1968 to 1983) of the now seven volumes. First printed in a variety of publications, these pieces appeared in not only The New Republic, Partisan Review, and The New York Review of Books, but also Mademoiselle and Ms.
A Defense Of Ardor
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Author : Adam Zagajewski
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2014-10-28
A Defense Of Ardor written by Adam Zagajewski and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Adam Zagajewski continues his efforts to reclaim for art not just the terms but the scanted spiritual dimension of modern human existence that they stake out. Bringing gravity and grace to his meditations on art, society, and history, Zagajewski wears his erudition lightly, with a disarming blend of modesty and humor. His topics range from autobiography (his first visit to a post-Soviet Lvov after childhood exile; his illicit readings of Nietzsche in Communist Poland); to considerations of artist friends past and present (Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw Milosz); to intellectual and psychological portraits of cities he has known, east and west; to a dazzling thumbnail sketch of postwar Polish poetry. Zagajewski gives an account of the place of art in the modern age that distinguishes his self-proclaimed liberal vision from the "right-wing radicalism" of such modernist precursors as Eliot or Yeats. The same mixture of ardor and compassion that marks Zagajewski's distinctive contribution to modern poetry runs throughout this eloquent, engaging collection.
Ardor
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Author : Matthew Gasda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-10-13
Ardor written by Matthew Gasda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-13 with categories.
An original drama about friendship, death, and beauty.
Art Ardor
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Author : Cynthia Ozick
language : en
Publisher: Plume
Release Date : 1984
Art Ardor written by Cynthia Ozick and has been published by Plume this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with American fiction categories.
Ardor
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Author : Srashti Behure,
language : en
Publisher: Spectrum of Thoughts
Release Date : 2022-02-03
Ardor written by Srashti Behure, and has been published by Spectrum of Thoughts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with Fiction categories.
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Ardor In The Court
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Author : Jeffrey Miller
language : en
Publisher: ECW Press
Release Date : 2002
Ardor In The Court written by Jeffrey Miller and has been published by ECW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Humor categories.
1656: A Boston court sentences a ship's captain to sit in the stocks for two hours for 'lewd and unseemly behaviour' on the Sabbath. His offence? Arriving home that Sunday after three years at sea, he had kissed his wife. 1889: The chief justice of England debates with fellow judges whether a man can have 'sexual connection with a duck.' 1968: J. Edgar Hoover tries to ban the recording 'Two Virgins' because the cover depicts John Lennon and Yoko Ono stark naked from both directions. 2000: A stripper sues her plastic surgeon because her bottom looks like her top after he stitches breast implants into her buttocks. Spanning all legal history, from the Bible onward, these and other sex-charged legal cases are covered when sex meets the law in "Ardor in the Court."
Ardor
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Author : Lily Prior
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Ardor written by Lily Prior and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Fiction categories.
When a lonely olive grower, Arcadio Carnabuci, sows his love seeds, he cannot imagine the chaos his magic fruit will bring. While Fernanda Ponderosa, the voluptuous woman of his dreams, evades his spell, Gezabel, a hardworking middle-aged mule, falls head over hooves in love with him. And, as Gezabel discovers, she is not the only one whose stars cross as the olive grower's ardor casts its magic over the region. Suddenly, the butcher and the baker are thinking murder, the village doctor and his nurse are driven to distraction, and a newborn is transformed into an angel. As the villagers alternate between love and war, remarkable phenomena add to the fevered atmosphere, making passions surge higher than the soaring temperatures of summer. A wildly imaginative fairy tale for adults, Ardor celebrates the lovely landscape of Italy and the eccentricity of its inhabitants in a narrative full of twists and unexpected delights. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
The Thousand Deaths Of Ardor Benn
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Author : Tyler Whitesides
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-05-15
The Thousand Deaths Of Ardor Benn written by Tyler Whitesides and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with Fiction categories.
"Mission Impossible, but with magic, dragons, and a series of heists that go from stealing a crown to saving the world" (David Dalglish). Master con artist Ardor Benn and his crew of intrepid thieves are hired to pull off a series of wildly complex heists, from stealing a crown to saving the world, in this daring fantasy adventure. Liar. Thief. Legend. Ardor Benn is no ordinary thief. Rakish, ambitious, and master of wildly complex heists, he styles himself a Ruse Artist Extraordinaire. When a priest hires him for the most daring ruse yet, Ardor knows he'll need more than quick wit and sleight of hand. Assembling a dream team of forgers, disguisers, schemers, and thieves, he sets out to steal from the most powerful king the realm has ever known. But it soon becomes clear there's more at stake than fame and glory -- Ard and his team might just be the last hope for human civilization. Discover the start of an epic fantasy trilogy that begins with a heist and quickly explodes into a full-tilt, last ditch plan to save humanity.
The Last Lies Of Ardor Benn
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Author : Tyler Whitesides
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-12-01
The Last Lies Of Ardor Benn written by Tyler Whitesides and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-01 with Fiction categories.
"Whitesides sticks the landing in his conclusion to the Kingdom of Grit trilogy" (Publishers Weekly). The final book in an action-packed epic fantasy series set in a world with dragon-fueled magic where master con artist Ardor Benn takes a job to steal a living dragon. Ardor Benn has taken his lies to a new level, infiltrating high society so he can steal a priceless resource. But now that he's on the inside, he finds himself poring through ancient texts, searching for answers to his deepest questions. He discovers something is coming. Something world-ending. Now, an old enemy is extorting him for one last job. Steal a live dragon. He doesn't know how, and he doesn't know why. But he's got a feeling that it's a job he has to take. Only problem is, Ard's running short on time and shorter on lies. And his personal ambitions are alienating all of his allies. With no one else to rely on, he'll have to trust the one person nobody else does: himself. Kingdom of Grit:The Thousand Deaths of Ardor BennThe Shattered Realm of Ardor BennThe Last Lies of Ardor Benn